Friday, February 24, 2006

I heard a katha (discourse) of Shri Morari Bapu beamed live on TV.
He spoke of doubt: ‘Sandeh’
Sandeh literally means doubt.
All search starts with a doubt expressed, but that doubt must come from a sincere wish to learn, not to argue for the sake of proving oneself to be knowledgeable and superior.
A lot of Hindu Scriptures are a dialogue between disciple and Master.
Can you think of one such Scripture?
You are right! The Bhagvad Geeta.
Anyway, to come back to Shri Morari Bapu and his discourse.

He said:
Sandeh naheen to Vichaar naheen
Vichaar naheen to Vivek naheen
Vivek naheen to Satya naheen
Satya naheen to Parmeshwar naheen.

Which I would translate thus:
Doubt leads to thoughts
Thoughts lead to the power to discriminate (between right and wrong)
The power (to be able) to discriminate leads to Truth. Truth leads to God.

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